Eight Builders Bid To Replace Danes’ Aging Armored Personnel Carriers

Nov. 14, 2012 - 08:01AM
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LONDON — Eight European armored vehicle builders have responded to a Danish Ministry of Defence invitation to bid for a family of armored personnel carriers to replace its fleet of aging M113s.

The competition pits equal numbers of tracked and wheeled contenders against one another for a requirement of between 206 and 450 vehicles. Around 360 machines spread across six configurations is the most likely procurement number, said industry executives.

An unspecified number of contenders will be down-selected in the next few months ahead of vehicle trials starting in Denmark in March 2013, the procurement arm of the MoD said in a statement.

Only General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has a contender in wheeled and tracked sectors.